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Job opening: Health System Specialist - Special Projects

Salary: $82 830 - 107 680 per year
City: Danville
Published at: Dec 18 2023
Employment Type: Full-time
This position is located in the Office of the Director, at the VA Illiana Health Care System (VAIHCS) 550, Danville, IL, a Complexity Level 3 VHA facility. The primary purpose of this position is responsible for delivering Performance Improvement techniques to a broad array of program and services throughout the Medical Center.

Duties

The primary purpose of this position is responsible for delivering Performance Improvement techniques to a broad array of program and services throughout the Medical Center, including Lean, Six Sigma, Coaching, Project Management, and Training. Additional functions of the position involve advising leadership in the formulation of planning complex facility wide Strategic Plans and facility wide projects in the execution phase of supporting of Strategic Planning. Participates in and facilitates transformative quality, safety, effectiveness, and effectiveness improvement efforts. Acts as the project lead for healthcare and operational improvement Facilitates, coaches, and trains audiences at all levels of the organization of performance improvement projects. Coordinates group activities in a timely and effective manner. Conducts extensive work in analyzing data and conducting background research Isolates and manipulates data to identify root causes Defines a project scope and goals through a collaborative process Plans and conducts studies directed at reducing errors due to cognitive overloading Collects baseline information, identifies, limitations in current systems Develops local data metrics and dashboards to monitor projects Work Schedule: 8:00am to 4:30pm Telework: Ad-Hoc Virtual: This is not a virtual position. Position Description/PD#: Health System Specialist - Special Projects/PD21182O Relocation/Recruitment Incentives: Not Authorized Permanent Change of Station (PCS): Not Authorized PCS Appraised Value Offer (AVO): Not Authorized Financial Disclosure Report: Not required

Requirements

Qualifications

To qualify for this position, applicants must meet all requirements by the closing date of this announcement, 12/28/2023. Time-In-Grade Requirement: Applicants who are current Federal employees and have held a GS grade any time in the past 52 weeks must also meet time-in-grade requirements by the closing date of this announcement. For a GS-12 position you must have served 52 weeks at the GS-11. The grade may have been in any occupation, but must have been held in the Federal service. An SF-50 that shows your time-in-grade eligibility must be submitted with your application materials. If the most recent SF-50 has an effective date within the past year, it may not clearly demonstrate you possess one-year time-in-grade, as required by the announcement. In this instance, you must provide an additional SF-50 that clearly demonstrates one-year time-in-grade. Note: Time-In-Grade requirements also apply to former Federal employees applying for reinstatement as well as current employees applying for Veterans Employment Opportunities Act of 1998 (VEOA) appointment. You may qualify based on your experience and/or education as described below: Specialized Experience: You must have one year of specialized experience equivalent to at least the next lower grade GS-11 in the normal line of progression for the occupation in the organization. Examples of specialized experience would typically include, but are not limited to: progressively responsible analytical or administrative, or clinical management or supervisory experience in the health care field. This work may have been performed in an operating health care facility or a higher organizational echelon with advisory or directional authority over such facilities. Work must have involved a close working relationship with facility managers and analysis and/or coordination of administrative, clinical, or other service activities, and provided knowledge of the following: missions, organizations, programs, and requirements of health care delivery systems; regulations and standards of various regulatory and Government-wide, agency, and facility systems and requirements in various administrative areas such as budget, personnel, and procurement. This also includes: Knowledge in both administrative, clinical aspects of the operation of health care facilities; ability to analyze information pertaining to the evaluation of all aspects of health care facility ranging from simple to complex; and ability to act upon problems or situations affecting hospital operations. You will be rated on the following Competencies for this position: Creative ThinkingObject TechnologyProduct EvaluationSoftware Engineering Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., Peace Corps, AmeriCorps) and other organizations (e.g., professional; philanthropic; religions; spiritual; community; student; social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment. You will receive credit for all qualifying experience, including volunteer experience. Note: A full year of work is considered to be 35-40 hours of work per week. Part-time experience will be credited on the basis of time actually spent in appropriate activities. Applicants wishing to receive credit for such experience must indicate clearly the nature of their duties and responsibilities in each position and the number of hours a week spent in such employment. Physical Requirements: The work requires some physical exertion, such as periods of standing when teaching; some walking, bending, crouching, stooping, stretching, or similar activities when visiting work sites; and some moderate liftin and carrying. At other times the work is sedentary, requiring the use of a computer. For more information on these qualification standards, please visit the United States Office of Personnel Management's website at https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/classification-qualifications/general-schedule-qualification-standards/.

Education

There is no educational substitution at this grade level.

Note: Only education or degrees recognized by the U.S. Department of Education from accredited colleges, universities, schools, or institutions may be used to qualify for Federal employment. You can verify your education here: http://ope.ed.gov/accreditation/. If you are using foreign education to meet qualification requirements, you must send a Certificate of Foreign Equivalency with your transcript in order to receive credit for that education. For further information, visit: https://sites.ed.gov/international/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications/.

Contacts

  • Address Danville VA Medical Center 1900 East Main Street Danville, IL 61832 US
  • Name: Brooke Cremonesi
  • Phone: 217-499-7292
  • Email: [email protected]

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